Mortality
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| New Hampshire’s Estimated Population Gain Is the Largest in New England In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports that the population of New Hampshire grew by 5,500 to 1,366,000 between July of 2019 and July of 2020, according to new Census Bureau estimates. This was the largest percentage population gain in New England.… |
Demography, New Hampshire | COVID-19, Demography, Mortality, New England, New Hampshire |
| U.S. Population Growth Slows, but Diversity Grows In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that in 2019 the U.S. population grew at the lowest rate in a century because there were fewer births, more deaths, and less immigration. Fertility rates diminished regardless of race or Hispanic origin and immigration… |
COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Hispanics, Immigration, Mortality |
| Deaths Exceeded Births in Nearly Half of U.S. Counties Last Year In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports that even before the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, deaths were at a record high in the United States last year, but there were the fewest births since 1986, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
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COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Mortality, Seniors |
| New Hampshire Population Grew Last Year, Even Though Deaths Exceeded Births In this data snapshot, author Kenneth Johnson reports the population of New Hampshire grew by 6,200 to 1,360,000 between July of 2018 and July of 2019 according to new Census Bureau estimates. The state’s population increased even though there were fewer births than… |
Demography, New Hampshire | Birth Rates, Demography, Migration, Mortality, New Hampshire |
| Drug Overdose Rates Are Highest in Places With the Most Economic and Family Distress The U.S. drug overdose problem has reached epidemic levels, prompting President Trump to declare a public health emergency. Since 2000, 786,781 people in the United States have died from drug overdoses and other drug-related causes, with nearly 40 percent of those… |
Demography | Drugs, Family, Mortality, Substance Abuse |
| White Deaths Exceed Births in One-Third of U.S. States In 2014, deaths among non-Hispanic whites exceeded births in more states than at any time in U.S. history. Seventeen states, home to 121 million residents or roughly 38 percent of the U.S. population, had more deaths than births among non-Hispanic whites (hereafter… |
Demography | Demography, Mortality |
| Deaths Exceed Births in Most of Europe, But Not in the United States With the increased attention to Europe’s demographic future stimulated by the on-going immigration crisis, we present important new findings about the diminishing number of births compared to deaths in Europe and the United States from our recent article in… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality |
| Diversity Growing Because Births Far Exceed Deaths Among Minorities, But Not Among Whites The growing diversity of the U.S. population evident in new Census Bureau estimates reflects two important demographic trends. The minority population is growing and the non-Hispanic white population is not. This interplay of white and minority population change is… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality |
| Deaths Exceed Births in Record Number of U.S. Counties In this fact sheet, author Kenneth Johnson examines new data released by the Census Bureau which provide insights into the continuing influence of the Great Recession on U.S. demographic trends. He reports that, for the first time in U.S. history, deaths exceeded… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality, Seniors |
| Natural Decrease in America: More Coffins than Cradles This brief summarizes recent regional patterns of natural decrease in the United States. Natural decrease occurs when more deaths than births occur in an area in a given year. The growing incidence of natural decrease has gone largely unnoticed, yet natural decrease… |
Demography | Birth Rates, Demography, Mortality |
